A worldwide 'silent wave' has been planned for protestors who were killed in post-election unrest.
Twitter users began organising the 2 minute silence, which will take place on Thursday 30th July at 11am or 6.30pm local time, on Sunday. Since then the event has spread across the internet spawning facebook pages and its own website.
The 2 minute silence will mark the 40 day anniversary, a significant date in Islamic tradition, since the deaths of many opposition supporters in the demonstrations. This two minute silence comes six weeks after protests first began following the country's disputed presidential elections, which drew hundreds of thousands to the streets of Tehran. The number of people killed in the protests is unknown, most reports suggest the number is around 20. However, some reformists claim the number is nearer 100 whilst one websites lists 171 dead.
Other events have been organised in memorial of those killed in demonstrations including a silent vigil in Union Square Park, New York at 7:30-9:30pm. Also a two minute 'freeze' is organised for Disneyland Plaza, California, where a 'flash mob' will stop moving for two minutes at 6.30pm. Silentwave.info says that those wishing to take part in the 'freeze' in Disneyland Plaza should "not bring flyers, signs, or anything that would make you stand out from anyone else spending their day at the happiest place on earth.".
Iran opposition leaders, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi, had planned to hold a memorial ceremony in Tehran's Grand Mosalla Prayer Halls, however, their permit request to the Interior Ministry was denied. A spokesperson for the ministry told the Fars news agency that "Memorial ceremonies are considered to be private issues of citizens and any request for such ceremonies from the interior ministry has obvious political overtones".
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